Mick Jagger of the legendary rock band “The Rolling Stones” secret love letters to American actress Marsha Hunt were recently auctioned for $300K. Not only was this news to me but I also found out that Hunt inspired the 1971 hit song “Brown Sugar”. They dated in secret and eventually had daughter together, Karis Jagger. To read more background on this go here -> Thegrio.com and for more information about the inspiration of this song go here -> Brown Sugar .

The song is a little disturbing to me. Does anyone feel that the attraction described is solely sexual? I guess it’s not a bad thing. I just wish it was deeper than that, especially because it’s describing a “lover.”

The song is a little disturbing to me. Does anyone feel that the attraction described is solely sexual? I guess it’s not a bad thing. I just wish it was deeper than that, especially because it’s describing a “lover.”

@yahoo-O2RBVLOF6WSS7DJE3O67RJR4LE:disqus it’s just some interesting tid bits about the front man from a legendary rock band.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_O2RBVLOF6WSS7DJE3O67RJR4LE Kaci

Lol aww. What is the point of this article though?

NikishaBrunson

@yahoo-O2RBVLOF6WSS7DJE3O67RJR4LE:disqus it’s just some interesting tid bits about the front man from a legendary rock band.

Questions

Not going to presume I know the motivation, but I’m so tired of White men getting praised for being sexually aroused by Black women, as if their proves our beauty/worthiness in anyway. This man dated her “in secret” which says everything to me. The lyrics and his actions present to me that he does not see Black people as equals, and feels some shame about his attraction a Black woman. How is that different from the White slave owners who raped their women slaves?

I don’t see what is so interesting about this subject.

AC

Interesting song lyrics…

AC

Interesting song lyrics…

pb

ummm that song is creepy and objectifying and talks about slave rape in a “pleasant” light…yeah…no.

NikishaBrunson

@11e4124195daebe40ceb485c727a1332:disqus I’m not sure he was trying to make parts of the song pleasant. What I do know is the song does have a mix of taboo subjects and is quite disturbing and
controversial, you can read about the inspiration behind it here –> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B…

pb

ummm that song is creepy and objectifying and talks about slave rape in a “pleasant” light…yeah…no.

NikishaBrunson

@11e4124195daebe40ceb485c727a1332:disqus I’m not sure he was trying to make parts of the song pleasant. What I do know is the song does have a mix of taboo subjects and is quite disturbing and
controversial, you can read about the inspiration behind it here –> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B…

Creolekim

Wow! I just read the lyrics to this song… How insulting….

NikishaBrunson

Hey @3fb9824bba5e21781d168e0d753f8b1d:disqus the song does have a mix of taboo subjects and is quite disturbing and
controversial, you can read about the inspiration behind it here –> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B…

Satindolly1

Wooooow!!! Idk if I should be flattered or insulted. My rawest primitive side is hoping that my own man feels this uninhibited passion towards me.. I think lol.. But my more virtous and refined side is thinking ” what the hell kind of crap is this from the pits of hell, talkin about gold coast slave ships n hunching with Slave owners in the wee hours of the night”.. Let me take this in doses and come up with a well processed, balanced opinion.. Interesting post ladies : )

NikishaBrunson

Yeah…@e1baca7900682bffb648a9f3315f0dba:disqus even after reading about the meaning of the song here –> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Sugar_%28song%29
I still don’t get why he would put all those taboos in there and how Hunt inspired it. The only thing I can think of is he was high on something when he wrote it, because it’s very cryptic.

Nooni

I just looked up the words. Very horrifying that someone would make a song like that, but not that different to if you listen to a lot of Eminem songs.

Creolekim

Wow! I just read the lyrics to this song… How insulting….

NikishaBrunson

Hey @3fb9824bba5e21781d168e0d753f8b1d:disqus the song does have a mix of taboo subjects and is quite disturbing and
controversial, you can read about the inspiration behind it here –> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B…

Satindolly1

Wooooow!!! Idk if I should be flattered or insulted. My rawest primitive side is hoping that my own man feels this uninhibited passion towards me.. I think lol.. But my more virtous and refined side is thinking ” what the hell kind of crap is this from the pits of hell, talkin about gold coast slave ships n hunching with Slave owners in the wee hours of the night”.. Let me take this in doses and come up with a well processed, balanced opinion.. Interesting post ladies : )

NikishaBrunson

Yeah…@e1baca7900682bffb648a9f3315f0dba:disqus even after reading about the meaning of the song here –> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Sugar_%28song%29
I still don’t get why he would put all those taboos in there and how Hunt inspired it. The only thing I can think of is he was high on something when he wrote it, because it’s very cryptic.

Nooni

I just looked up the words. Very horrifying that someone would make a song like that, but not that different to if you listen to a lot of Eminem songs.

Cipriana

I know you will like this @e4f2db0994670ba66fed134f311a06e3:disqus . Beautiful shot of Marsha Hunt and Karis Jagger when she was a baby…

NikishaBrunson

That is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing it :).

Cipriana

I know you will like this @e4f2db0994670ba66fed134f311a06e3:disqus . Beautiful shot of Marsha Hunt and Karis Jagger when she was a baby…

NikishaBrunson

That is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing it :).

Tina

I can’t say I understand how Hunt could have been an inspiration for a song about slave rape. The lyrics have always disturbed me because of the ambiguity in the lyrics, but even when you are generous and think that Jagger was just “presenting the psychology”of the slave master, how did his GIRLFRIEND inspire that? Is that what it was like to make love to a black actress as a popular white male celebrity? To make a long comment short–ew.

Tina

I can’t say I understand how Hunt could have been an inspiration for a song about slave rape. The lyrics have always disturbed me because of the ambiguity in the lyrics, but even when you are generous and think that Jagger was just “presenting the psychology”of the slave master, how did his GIRLFRIEND inspire that? Is that what it was like to make love to a black actress as a popular white male celebrity? To make a long comment short–ew.

Sissa

“Some Girls” and “Brown Sugar” are songs I like by Rolling Stones despite the lyrics. In “Some Girls” one of the lines goes like this: ‘Black girls just wanna get [effed] all night”

The lyrics are controversial but they don’t turn be off from the song.

Sissa

“Some Girls” and “Brown Sugar” are songs I like by Rolling Stones despite the lyrics. In “Some Girls” one of the lines goes like this: ‘Black girls just wanna get [effed] all night”

The lyrics are controversial but they don’t turn be off from the song.

Cindy

Yeah not feeling the song and I am mad that it was such a hit (clearly for its guitar skills and not for the lyrics … so they say)! It gives me the same sick feeling that Birth of Nation gives me (which is also a highly acclaimed film for its cinematography). Things like this make me real creeped out about dating interracially. The racial objectification can be disturbing sometimes. I def know that not men or women dating people of a different race are like that! But I’ve experienced the bad part of interracial dating once. Oh well.

Cindy

Yeah not feeling the song and I am mad that it was such a hit (clearly for its guitar skills and not for the lyrics … so they say)! It gives me the same sick feeling that Birth of Nation gives me (which is also a highly acclaimed film for its cinematography). Things like this make me real creeped out about dating interracially. The racial objectification can be disturbing sometimes. I def know that not men or women dating people of a different race are like that! But I’ve experienced the bad part of interracial dating once. Oh well.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KFZND26BIIJHXH3KE3X5Z2EZUY JenU

Are people upset that the song objectifies women or are they upset that a song by a white man objectifies black women?

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KFZND26BIIJHXH3KE3X5Z2EZUY JenU

Are people upset that the song objectifies women or are they upset that a song by a white man objectifies black women?

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5POCTAXPO2WZXPFC7DVX75D2DQ l c

is it because he (a famous white guy) wrote it for a black women it matters? don’t care for it…

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5POCTAXPO2WZXPFC7DVX75D2DQ l c

is it because he (a famous white guy) wrote it for a black women it matters? don’t care for it…

RukiyatG

Hunt was beautiful…I’m sure Mick was awe inspired by her! I wonder how their daughter is doing and what she looks like.

http://www.abicana.com/shop2.htm Knut Holt

In the 1960es bad guys MJ with RS were number second to the more decent ones in the Beatles, but the bad guy is the one that last longest. Today he is 70 years old and still going strong.